willbedec Jrhlsmeansth

abcul. tlhs 1

valuable .

ranchers will tell you of puttin foxes out in an open pen im-

Mlller, Juflt

rams! fift trluw mo. gained. huwvever. extremely dry i-u

one could not

pect neu-ltis or

I81"! XIKYW.

difficult has been mon ten horse meat. than other seasonspbu 1111s does not make so much dif able to handl without

adults it is

it should be SM in titles, uslirg a larger proportion cereal than you 0th Wu

and skim mdlk would be good addition to the diet-

not, a0 noticeable because

SigJF-‘Tlfllli; from Milligan and Mor- rison which appeared kl thegJan. uar-y, 19M. sale at the Hucsona 33y OQmpQny in London. Eraland. It was a stalziaard silver but very large in size, wonderfully tuned. very clear and the silver really amrklim. It brought over $1.300- The next most Outwanding pelt was one that we marketed our- eelvm. It was an adult which we hid bought from Gwrve A- Call- bczi: acme three years previously- Il was a ahy fox and never came cut when the feeder wort. around and the result was it. war overlook- ed until nearly the middle of Dec- ember. .When brought info the pellets they said they had never men such a skin. When. ready we brought it to Mr. Mclnlreh office

a c. and had a mend pm thmflh the crowd with ittaad aslgoifMlxie might just 111179 W11 - McLum could have a look at it. When tihrclwn on the table every- one was astonished. It was really a wonldmeater- 62 inches 11m!- with close. hen fill‘. Just like E deep mat. a part al black neck and the. balance silver lhlffhi-IIG like suns. a. great, large black b11181‘! arr-d big white up. 1t sold for £40- in the 11.3.0. Iondon auction in 103a or m1 and was the hlshcat priced pelt qt the year. well 011'- in the lead. We have mt seen amy- thlng like t-hcae

I leasure of v recent yum‘ although we have mgifidagdegw the lam“ “ i which they Md buililim" ‘Q3! gQmg of the finest plat 71111115.? _ pmunumg, white faces and sdvers we first to rims We had seen 1“ n long time. Ranch Char-tel by .plane a new chapter in the iroublous his- zays the cry of Dates, tock pvlace on

09

teen some very fine Pei"-

we were talking to a ra-zicher who is familiar with conditicr-r in Western Canada as he has been

. I d k. the “.“d.'.‘e..‘..l"...'.i .l'2{".....

are producing He paid "i-bllw w

the good quality cf white faces i‘: due ‘he Johnflon boys m, m“

irar. added to the fox

which many of them are WW1"!- but. said what the really "Rd l° improve their hcr is Prince Ed- ward Island suveg. fret 1:? admixture of u B w". P‘ - hqm d * MIME b stir words the real old ihnd lb

“"“"" 973% °.' .3352‘; white faces ha pr ll

Dcmer pelt than the had I f" yegfg 53g whqi the cNeiiI, Miller

sis liink For Sale

thattholiril Albertaandmc

country. What really gets a. fox is a draft, and ‘ha; gggg fog?“ 10¢ (hifiilld in U10 5411310115 01 Never m Wm; y(mp to m °penl1921 to 1061 when it was not in. window for if you do you may ex.‘

something worse and it is for that same reason that we advise mrttirg up the shut.-

This has been a favorable flur- ring season in the opinion of most ranchers we have met and no doubt

andthere to use

ference with pupa, they seem to be; e the horse meat off color, but with ffezent. If no other meat than horse meat is available limited quan- of

id do a very

1n the old days we can remun- ber when we lmd the open pens that the regular feed schedule for adults was fox biscuit and milk —

1* that the foxes took consld. erable exercise which they d0 110i ivhen placed in small compartments with wire bottoms. No doubt they did not have the clear color that our foxes have today but that Wu

w irn competition with 10288 thizwere also finished in the open

The most. oitstsndlng pelt we can remember o! was one in a 0on-

The rights are getting quite cool, 1n fact fairly cord now. and the reusing

IS It

lass uncomfortable and will have a teavlercy to bite their flpg or fur. We find that along

lrst or second week in October the snuttersvshctild be put, around the bottoms of all sheds to stop drafts. It. may look a bit early but we think it la better than to take a char-re on indury to the fur. Westem ranchers have found that Wllfld alnd emwure such as we men-cloned has a. tendency t-o dry the fur and make the pelt less

sometimes we think that. a fox can stand any kLr-i of cold and

G

mid. Winffil‘ with no ill results. The other he" evening we were talking to Mr. 5m“ 3919 recently returned from Western omen, and he mid it-"Mt was not tmcommon to leave foxes out in an 0pm pen with thae tem- Q-

t

i to back math I mu

l l

frequent for some particularly fine spec more.

glamorous one then and while it

its mutations ane beautiful therefore tinge

dyugted witlln a year or twu- ‘Ihe most helpful factor in the sit. umticn is unlike 00nd after World War I when then was tremor:

into mink ~far1nillfll course very profitable and 1'1: a good bet. 52:}: 4t mt, as the trend qt faalh- fl-ggy fun will carry rnirl: right mound, the world to style WWW" Wllm‘ en, People in the mink buslneu have been foxy mmlflh i0 1PM!‘- izicwt a. certain amount of thatiimonvy received for De 6 i0 "l

ling fund which keeps mitnk to the finals of Canada and me united slates, We fox farmers were‘ too slow in that "Si"! bl" it w“ “m: all our fault, because unlike the mink farmers of Cemda who are 1n 0mm“ with the mink farrrrera Md 1s of the United States (there is I10 duty on mink entering that. coun- try), we were separated from United States brothers by the duity W511 of 35 per cent and only a Pm-

wtllff-IY .

World War II will be he

herst in oolnlnection vnth the Mari- invisible. Oct. 22, there is likely "an them w |time Winter Pair October 28th t0 1D be a. display of meteors, the November 6th. One of the require-I “Orionids? At l0 o'clock that

finldinn other; from Nova S

tia and New Brunswick.

{a I-insivnmké éifrbplé? i x CONNECTED WIIH . § Silver Fox Farming I . .

Ind minim ranches were hfmeu- heyday, ».

‘more is no doubt about it, it. is

to keep a. balance between and the various mutations an o poor mixed stuff. The only w is to k to records and by thllllgfi don’ w“ Just Canadian National . Every rancher should have a book with the number of the pen, the "T681118 cf the male and female 0 alrd a shor-t summary oestry back fcr erations, color otther factors which show tlhe foxefl 0i’

run into a.

arlllll. size, quality of fur,

tip and other attributes. and al score or price value so tha can get a complete picture, pelt prices when obtained.

keeping such

and can inst-army rename‘ “on got‘ or

from. It is an. interesting g go back over

to: tin

‘l spelt

tmen to bring up to i175 -- or

‘fi-iafoxbiuineeawuccrtainlya

tba

Silver fox i: a beautiful fur its!

1y)

mm itions

bWiM

looks for the next few

“St .

l"

in the vnominent. fashion

118W

portion of 0w‘ W“! ll’- i° ma‘ is a. conjunction of ‘Uranus, but lt- ls not at all spect. ac 0n the 10th Saturn and Maritime for the" If‘? the Moon are in conjunction

Thefilst

lust

rtuexpectedthatawbdlyzfi

the exthlbltorsi

b6 $11013}

plan will

three a four gen.: "it tyne characteristics and 811v swans. The d u: ed lkzufiwn air-d highly-esteem- m exuflflienthe u .t.heirco1- limes ave p p p: mush, with their degenerate offs It is no news to my y, gaefI have here a wild grape (Vitls sm-pvulpina) which for several yeams, we has yielded seventeen lbs of bloat: Blrapes llllliifily’, Naturally I had "(e1- malny reque .or seeds and cut- ltlinus (slips) which I gladly sup. P

wyl I never felt satisfied when send-

ing the reeds, though ‘undoubtedly the maddest mriflne

um . Ihow would the seal can take liberties with a m that! foal-shins in Boston in ma. Wvr 'a' “"11 °“" 'W°“!d in and

Ohampicnmlpa. etc. look at the figures atrovnn prices

@0118

‘m thus

blew down

a severe winter wild ftruit such as hips. halwa, aloes rowan-berries and so on

"Many haws, many snaiws: Many sloea, many cold toes." Asamatteroffactitwasthe previous year's sunshine ed the fruitubuds and no ing winter, that was responsible. About October 3 Old 5t. bike's Day. there is often a spell of fine diry weather, to which the Britons have given the name of Luke's Little Summer". On the Island

mouthchecare

Moon is

226,400 mile the planet W1’ ‘est brlllian

- NEWSY NOTES -

Atavllm in hemmed: tch of seedlings of any wild

t when cmof

ilings of

be improved one or more that tmeqn are better than th megorflg gmethod often repeated, dessert

an

e rest

a. pies were fragment ata

well- sown our

astookof

original sire of the wild berry, ,

with half the diglsiewa- ofthe fruit tribe, howev on my improved grape‘! Would tlhe flruit be sweeter or instead. more

A reader tells me

grape. raised from seed, bears fruit, but too live to ripen. My l grapes for the moat part now cred be! comes . As a. aolati-um, I must send my reader n. rooted cutting, knowing the laws of vegetative re- , produ n “mad qualities of the paw-t. plant.

andallwiiLIhopi. uraOclober

t.

it will have

Weather Lore for 0o

were the

believed that we may

if thde

In!

distant s 0n

from the

the

rotation. On the 15t

morning sky, and likely to be

Mme we were buying for the H. iastgiatnfloxeaflsiigvggnfisslganight, the Moon is in conjunction ciire at least, thirty d1“ Pm!‘ m date of admlmion to show 911m’ lses. . of 1h Island's best Pfl-lY‘-h'|.lur._iter. Next number e the vMoon is in conjunction with 0°- Mars, and later <6 09 p m.) with Mercury: we shall

with Neptune. 0n the 24th it is New Moon and chat luminary is again the Moon is in conjunction with

amongst the planet

morn in g

on trust, since condlti

show consider-abs differences I held Plwmlion for any rancher in 81M. habit. color of flower and silvers so on. Observing this, gardeners d norproceeded to itelect from a med number of see

oduced. But ,., the seed such plants will attempt, with or men- m. more or less success, to revert to from vrhich they origin-

reedgrs that

rustic observer in Britain left us vary little weather lore .,foa- this month. In a good acorn year a few gale: I ancient times, because they acorns and beech- mast for the pigs to feed on.-

"AgoodOctobuawadagocdNast To blow the hogs com and mast".

It was getter-ally (but erroneous.

welcomed

that form- t the com-

farmer will have all hk "root crops" in the cellar.

The leaves airs falling; the birch leaves are first to go. The colorful maples may keep their leaves till the middle qf the month.

Astrcmornically there is little to chronicle before October 13th. The in Perlgee on that date

same date Venus is st- lts great- cy as an evening star ,w'lth a. magnitude of -4.3 in the

the Moon and

have to take

By Agricola

compared, but the great ing the plura‘. By this wall the first conunlttee

a re rter .. (villa machine.

cd comes

madsides 1118

perh

ists, but 0f

‘éffifi?

tihathis

uteri bega in

Wm?“ iceaib .

all the taber-

l is the kitchen

first?

100k for is much

tsto ed they

isltor

to bovm by of

clpal food opportunity

erner. “The Earth

h there

m kins naming

the

and beyond.

0°" that his: a

S.

(111%)

0'11! 8X6

The Johnston brothers, be!!!" not favorable for viewing the grid sun. who are located at 151-‘ en But. the conjunction tune, have a ‘iffy film ill-Wm" °f of Venus and the Moon at B 02 a. i0 “"156 B 10m; [hi5 year. Of course that m, on bhe 27m snsuld make up ,0 b, “peeled because havelIOI‘ this. And ‘tr-ally ine Moon is the sunspot

‘ i b t iml ‘ptimum? white faces and

two specimens in, silvers available for years.

mq npininn that %rs m“

Pure Eastern Mink Natural Dark

Mutations: Blue Front These mink‘ are from parents that won prim for the pant two yearn. Every mink sold in guaranteed to give sat- isfaetlol.

Prieu. an, right. Milly tot Fred C. Hornibrooi Bathlrlt, n. n. ' Glen. Co, Ell. No. l

$5.00 one way to New Glasgow "Jada: y.’ g. Iflfl I‘ Ill) The corigny of grltleh‘ Guiana“? m. qmylritilh colony 0B ' South American continent. Returning-flag“; » a Mien Agency, Phone $40

me the equal to any its had produced while

(.1 m), gvailable sh

_.' fa ‘ming there -na flah god. :3: bemiis-titlintdlvufy we" i“ my“ l and when the

“with... the mar 'I‘rade Join-rial c! Canada

pla inums. Last fail

lgiflng their ew shed

flgfl Boate was verv Proud ‘l! rm and felt that. they were fully:

I Jilly I

tory western Canada. Great credit

"mmqmuhb nan: never took l!

nine its it

farm

ould be more of a trend to

thesouroeismneai‘

pics it 10W. ma Mrs. I-Ianinitm NP‘

WQVITIITI i for Drugs

RM»

Dlctioin

hold did in Queet-‘s anijltigd been ilu 1. amoun nee or our Pm“ but Wm‘ iifafiiifisi- there; However I won‘. f0X'of the crominv;

A l!’ . mating" 1m

l A gee Oct. 29. being 252.000 mlileswistagirtl from the Earth.

A Notable Achlevemmt

A chance mention of Blerlot. French aviator, recalls that he was

llhm

of mankind. This 25th, 19

_ Shortly after this the Empire pulmtlon Oflvgrlety theatre at Newcastle cm Kb-G’; County and bum). up a feP-jryne offered as one cf its Ptums" utaltion for their section“ thgoullga movintg‘ picture of Slug?!» lax-i-

1 fine ua ty oxes. m; on e swim was. ere were ‘he production; q no alLpictule theatres in those dlyl f0: the nthcr amateurish condition and te of trial for

previously.

sta veers to see the

f!

except for a kind of

tlhus opening

movies were

which was fairly

Ektgliish

cause it is

A . O . U. Male: head, black]; head

in tinder parts

duller; heed,

ly reddish;

picture flicker-

bird than A.

a "e $13k“ a cliff, an‘; 0:: n s a ve . meek appeared in stnieht towards u larser flzht speedily. and finally "W! and mnchme cleared the stone and came to rest before the welcoming who had just few the

camera. There

brokm England's

And it was

M. Bierlot was basket below hLs engine- an idc

‘Hi-is was peak-year for

I

leaves and of "veins" standing forlorn-i fed on the sunfl leaves and few plants sac . not like the cabbage

came across two of the acaroer s ies and the aid of Piers‘ Ova Scotia". One was the Slender Meadow

lacquer. omoeepimus fa-scl we ty very fragile insect" body Irons l2 to 14 mm

Pimple“: beautiful male

‘rhe other w did, Scudderla Very odd appearance wl *1 leaf-like Whig-covers and

an alder copse, are said to be What has got beetles (win of Clcemlels)? fibula twenty years

sprang into the flew a few yards the act. as m:

w

to tells me that he large eagle with WWII feet. It had where in the roun

not seen any notice of such am event in the newspapers. It was probably a. Ba informant was bird. be it not by a law pass ls ‘lsh, but when tihe

On Sept. 28th there was a won- denful display o1 aurora which

far into the right. It took form of streamers that flared to the zenith

night of Aug had been another equally brilliant dis. play? Astronomers slay that these outbursts are caused by sunspots and si-rce the average rotation of the sun is about a month, a sun- spot must have come round again

ntag-rc-tic storms my theory is that

when it is located on some special area of the Sun's surface.

The Hooded Mergnnser

Thks is the third (and last) spec- ies of our Mergansers and as it happens. tlhe most edible! From this

"Birds of North that the flesh of this Merganser is only palatable whet. has been feeding on acorns.

Hooded Merganser or Hairy Head. ' 131

shaped white crest rimmed with a b aclr edge; bill short and black;

grayish brown; crest smaller than that of the mule, rugged and slight-

whi-te. Average length 17.5 inches. Wing about 7 5 IIWIICS. A smaller

ing quite common in the early days.

scape m ipall w

couldseenct

the fly. s. It

was m for this man isolation; or two, while a ran to overthnul

rated 5 horsepower t 30

Sllfille-‘lded in

no hblp in landing! Nature Notes

. They ate the

was alble to identify

“Orzhopt.

Mus, "a with a long and 15 to 19 mm, so that project baekwair , not. general color, says . translucent, inely

on an unlikely place, window. as a Northern Katy. Pistlllata. "It has a th its kmg

lnflg and very slender ‘Ilhis isnsect ‘f took near the ledves of which ‘ts favorite food.

all the Tiger. Fift-

nealred them again. smith and the dry roads provide it. Cic. was the commonest

the Citv last week. saw the body of a a wing spread of been shot some- try and brought

some draw-yer. I have

id Eagle, though my "at sure: and that ed is now protected ed in 1940. Its prin-

‘ THE CHARLOTTETOWN

prlnc all on the edge of

a machine that would make a modern aviators eyes pop The or-jine could lift 140 or l.

50 lbs, d run for abou and com

minutes nomstop. a. a aps taken from the balloon-

grass. Ht the network awe: and grape

them

I wok rnovnvon

° blinnott

ahead to repeat ‘I

Y

t

Three of the survivors 0d in Newfoundland Sept. Guardia Plicld Sept. 2'7 tion plane. They are ( dreu of Gilbert Perler, Philllppe Henrlcct, the at a trumpet Etienne had with him on the

of the

General M children's

when excited, says Reed's "Bird Guide" the male will, repeatedly opelnandahuthiscrmlikeafm. The only record I have at band, lb If a specimen having been sac-t, in the full of 1984, in the Summerside area.

CANADA

OF PRDVCE EDWARD ISLAND IN TIIE PROBATE COURT

The 18th day of September AD. 194$ In Estate of ERNEST CHEV- ERIE late of New Zealand In King! County in the d w. Farmer, deceased, teatate. To the Sheriff of the County 0f Kings County or any Constable or literate person within said County

GREETING :

WHEREAS upon readhg the petition on file of Alphonsus L. of Rollo Bay in County aforesaid, Clergyrman, and Harry Mallard of New Zealand or Fanmer. the Executor: 0f tlhe above named Eli-lie Ilflyilll that a citation may be laaned for the e hereinafter let forth: You are therefore hereby required lo cite all persons interested In the said Estate to be and appear before the Judge present at a Probate Court to be held in the Court Home. in Charlottetown in Queens Cullnty. in the said Province. on Wednesday the sixteenth day of October next coming, at the hour of twelve o'clock noon of the same day to shew cause if any they can why the Accounts of the said Estate should not be passed and the Estate closed lg prayed for in aald petition and_ on auction of Melvin J. McQuailiL-